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Time in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States now

19:11:21

Wednesday, 4. March, 2026, week 10

Charlotte switches to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday, 8. March. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:49 ↓ 18:22 (11h 33m) - More info - Make Charlotte time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Charlotte

UTC -5

Eastern Time (ET)
always same time as New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
The IANA time zone identifier for Charlotte is America/New_York.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Time difference
from Charlotte

Los Angeles	−3 hours	−3 hours
Chicago	−1 hours	−1 hours
New York	0
Toronto	0
São Paulo	+2 hours
London	+5 hours
UTC	+5 hours
Lagos	+6 hours
Paris	+6 hours
Zurich	+6 hours
Cairo	+7 hours
Johannesburg	+7 hours
Istanbul	+8 hours
Moscow	+8 hours
Dubai	+9 hours
Mumbai	+10.5 hours
Hong Kong	+13 hours
Shanghai	+13 hours
Singapore	+13 hours
Tokyo	+14 hours
Sydney	+16 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Charlotte

Sunrise: 06:49
Sunset: 18:22
Day length: 11h 33m
Solar noon: 12:35
The current local time in Charlotte is 35 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Charlotte on the map

Location: North Carolina, United States
Latitude: 35.23. Longitude: -80.84
Population: 911,000
Elevation: 230 m

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Best restaurants in Charlotte

#1 Game Show Battle Rooms - Charlotte (Ballantyne)
#2 State of Confusion- Charlotte - New American and american food
#3 Yunta - Peruvian and japanese food

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